Pete any idea on the cost of the Manual and DVD?

Not sure what they decided. Last I heard, they were each somewhere around USD$25 each, plus postage and handling, but no final decision had been made.

Pete

Yes this is great news indeed ! I cant wait to get that set in my collection ! And yes it is good to see your out and about Pete . I may figure out how to post pictures again on here .
And yes the Mtn. is all snowed in . as is the Buffalo pasture .
Best Wishes , amtrapper

Amtrapper, what kind of wolf population do you have in your area? Have they figured out how to kill the buffalo, or do they key in on the elk?

if your trapping on a logging road i find a nice blue spruce or something of the sort the is very bushing and drag it accross the road and cut out 2 openings only requires a little cutting just to make the hole slightly noticeable and i hang a snare in it so the when the wolf gets to the tree he goes through the openign and gets caught works awesome but make sure you got a deer stop on there as you will probably get anything that is walking that road.

Our Wolf Pop. is strong as ever and growing even if the Montana FWP will tell ya different . I've seen 2 I would say without a doubt were wolves and one that could have been a super coyote , LOL but as far as hard and fast numbers I'm not sure . But then FWP isn't certain either . They still haven't made a ruling on the " Wolf " or "Wolf Hybred" that killed a bunch of sheep over near Jordan as of yet . My best guess is at least a dozen maybe in this area from talking with ranchers . but then the way they travel who knows ????? I did find out that the Northern Elk herd at Yellowstone is down to under 10,000 head imagine that one will ya .
Best Wishes , amtrapper

Anone ever tried the Sleepycreek #4 1/2 or #5 Wolf yet???

I was looking at the Sleepy Creek traps today, they look well made and heavy enough to do the job. My wolf trapping this winter is more or less a graduate school for them my only hope is they'll get senile before I do.

Nothing like Wolf trapping to get the boys going. We're putting on a wolf trapping school on Feb 17th which should be a blast.

Personally I use footholds and snares both. #9's & MB750's, snares are 3/32" or 1/8 cable. I also cut a length of #9 wire and crimp my snare loop directly to the cable. Some of my #9 wire is 5' long which enables me to anchor way back and still get a snare where I want it. I use 1/8 thompson locks on both size cable but use a gun checkering file on the locks shoulder. Lock grabs hold better and won't back off. My snares are set high as i want them to catch the wolf right under his chin and lock down quickly. Bait piles catch a lot more then uneducated wolves if done right. I use a lot of snares at a bait site and place some quite aways away. You can take a significant portion of the pack if you have enough snares out. I like blind sets for footholds and use deep snow to my advantage. Wolves can't resist a fresh trail in deep snow. Also use hair from my malamutes balled up and buried with a set in front. Look forward to others comments.

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I have had problems with my boots slipping off the levers of my #9s so last year I started modifying all my #9s by welding a small peice of steel angle to the ends of the levers and used a small grinder to make serations in the part that is sticking up. My boots stay on the levers much better now. (I know, I have sinned by saying that #9s aren't perfect!) As usual my photography leaves much to be desired.

Bushman says, "I use 1/8 thompson locks on both size cable but use a gun checkering file on the locks shoulder. Lock grabs hold better and won't back off."


The picture showed looks like you are using cam locks? If you are using the thompson locks, how are you modifying them?

Bearbait,

You should try some of the setters for the #9. They are nice. My partner had a [I'madork] of a time setting them with his feet, so he looked at the photo Dean Jr. had posted on the "other" forum and made a set. Gator might have a picture handy. I won't be able to get you a picture until next Monday when I get back off the line. I lost one of the setters, but can set easily by hand now even with one.

Northway, you are right about the setters if you are talking about the all metal ones. the first ones had wooden handles with a piece of metal on one end with a slot in them. they worked good but are no where as safe as the all metal ones.

Now to see if I have figured out how to post here.

God Bless America
Trapper

This is the only pic I have of the setters I use, I'll have to dig them out and take one of just the setters. I actually didn't use them this year, I just set them by hand on a small piece of plywood. VERY carefully I might add! I also have a set of the wooden ones that Trapper refered to, I'll find those and take a pic as well.

Just looks like something else to lose out on the line. I carry a small piece of 3/4" plywood and step on the springs, works so far. I guess if my belly gets to big to bend over I better get rid of the machines and start walking.

I might not have to worry about wolves much longer, government is out on my line right now in choppers gunning down wolves. Supposed to be helping out the caribou.

TrapperJoe - Sorry fingers going fasted then brain , meant cam-locks

Gator Jr, that is them. they work really good for use old folks.

Thanks

God Bless America
Trapper

One advantage of CDR's Paws-I-Trip pan is that they can be hauled around set with the pan pulled all the way up. A little wire over the dog and jaw and frame lets you do the same thing with #9s.

I still carry setters on a lanyard around my neck - I'm often walking down a wolf trench in their footprints to set a trap, and I need to be able to set it over my knee if the pre-set trap suddenly becomes un-set....

Gator, Thanks for the picture. I sure like the trap setters. Trapper, they just make setting them safer. I know I've been out setting them with my boots when it was cold and the fingers weren't working that great and then a boot slips......... almost got caught a # of times! I am sure that would leave a mark!

Better clarify something here. I go in under the lose jaw on a #9 to set pan, I like my fingers too much. Can't do that with an MB750 though.

The late Jimmy Walters had a #9 go off accidentally while he was adjusting the pan one time. It caught his thumb with the part just OUT OF the offset section.

Took a chunk right out of his thumb!

Be careful!

Pete